Site details

Daskalio Cave

PK	C1427
TITLE	Daskalio Cave
WGS84	36.974984° N, 27.032212° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	36.974984, 27.032212
LON/LAT	27.032212, 36.974984

DMS

36° 58' 29.9424" N

27° 1' 55.9632" E

W3W	jostle, unanimously, tighter
UTM	35 S, 502867, 4092098
EGSA87	769770, 4096107

Elevation m	47
Elevation feet	154.2
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Kalymnos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Benzi [1989], 275    ' ... and abundant ceramic material.'
2.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 366    'Pottery from the digging of a well in the Vathy valley was described (JHS 57 (1947) 128) as "late Neolithic and early Bronze Age" (cf. PPS 22 (1956)193).'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson [2018], 422    ' ... pottery was found (refs. above, esp. Mountjoy 1999, 1125).'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 366    'Finds from the Daskalio cave above the small harbour at Rlna at the mouth of ttie Vathy valley, Included EB I, EB III (a "duck vase" similar to Phyl I types), "Kamares" style sherds of MB date, and LH III.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 202    'Finds from the Daskalio cave ... included EB, MB or "Kamares" style, and Mycenaean sherds.', 'N EB I EB III MB LH III(A-B)'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ..., at the mouth of the Vathy valley, Neolithic, EB I, EB III, ... pottery was found ... '

2. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'Finds ... included EB, MB or "Kamares" style, and Mycenaean sherds.', 'N EB I EB III MB LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 366, ''Finds from the Daskalio cave ..., Included EB I, ... '
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ..., at the mouth of the Vathy valley, Neolithic, EB I, EB III, ... pottery was found ... '

3. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 275, ' ..., the pottery is mainly EBA, as shown by A. Furness ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 366, ' ... as "late Neolithic and early Bronze Age" ... '

4. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'Finds ... included EB, MB or "Kamares" style, and Mycenaean sherds.', 'N EB I EB III MB LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 366, ' ..., EB III (a "duck vase" similar to Phyl I types), ... '
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ..., at the mouth of the Vathy valley, Neolithic, EB I, EB III, ... pottery was found ... '

5. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'Finds ... included EB, MB or "Kamares" style, and Mycenaean sherds.', 'N EB I EB III MB LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 366, ' ..., "Kamares" style sherds of MB date, ... '
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ..., MB ('Kamares' style), ... pottery was found ... '

6. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 279, ' ... group of Minoan ladles dated by P. Warren to MM III-LM I.'

7. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 275, ' ..., commonly found in association with LM I imports, ... '
    b.    Benzi [1989]: 279, ' ... group of Minoan ladles dated by P. Warren to MM III-LM I.'

8. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 277, 'The lay-out of the decoration as well as the motifs are characteristic of LMIA.'

9. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 277, 'Only two sherds may be safely dated to LM IB.'

10. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 275, ' ... covering a large part of the LBA.'

11. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ..., LB I and ... pottery was found ... '

12. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 366, ' ... and LH III.'

13. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'Finds ... included EB, MB or "Kamares" style, and Mycenaean sherds.', 'N EB I EB III MB LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 366, ' ... LH III(A-B)'

14. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ... and LH IIIA1-IIIC Middle pottery was found ... '

15. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 281, ' ...; Mycenaean pottery does not appear in any quantity until late in LH IIIA2.'

16. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'Finds ... included EB, MB or "Kamares" style, and Mycenaean sherds.', 'N EB I EB III MB LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 366, ' ... LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ... and LH IIIA1-IIIC Middle pottery was found ... '

17. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 281, 'The ubiquitous vertical whorl-shell, by far the most common kylix motif in LHIIIB1 deposits at Mycenae, are present on two LHIIIB kylikes, ... '

18. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Benzi [1989]: 275, ' ... a Minoan phase early in the period is followed by a Mycenaean one lasting well into LH IIIC.'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ... and LH IIIA1-IIIC Middle pottery was found ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Benzi [1989]: Benzi, Mario D.. ‘The Late Bronze Age Pottery from Vathy Cave, Kalymnos’, Zerner et al. (eds.) [1993], 275-288., '', pg. 275. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Rina: Daskalio', pg. 202. Online here.

3. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Nisoi Kalydnai (Il. 2. 677)', pg. 420. Online here.

4. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Rina: Daskalio etc.', pg. 366. Online here.

5. Zerner et al. (eds.) [1993]: Zerner, Carol with Peter Zerner and John Winder. Wace and Blegen; Pottery as evidence for trade in the Aegean Bronze Age 1939-1989. J.C. Gieben, Publisher. Amsterdam. 1993, '',